Browsing 2016 Theses (MU) by Thesis Department "Human development and family studies (MU)"
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Daily relationship interventions : an integrative review
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] For decades scholars have observed the individual and societal costs of relationship instability. Due to these costs, state and federal agencies have ... -
Effects of phrase style in storybooks on children's word learning in small and large reading groups
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Shared storybook reading between adults and children has long been considered an effective activity that facilitates children's early language and literacy development (Brabham & Lynch-Brown, 2002; Chomsky, 1979; Elley, ... -
(Re)constructing family images : stepmotherhood before motherhood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Strong cultural values and ideals attached to women in families deem the role of stepmother as inferior to that of biological mother. While motherhood is celebrated, stepmotherhood is stigmatized, and women who assume a ... -
Testing a U.S. Mexican cultural value transmission model of maternal socialization of youth civic responsibility values and prosocial behaviors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Youth are taught the values that their culture considers important through socialization and cultural values, such as civic responsibility, that can serve as a guide for future social behaviors. One set of social behaviors ...